The Sincerely Discovered Art of Assaying and Refining of the Venetians

In advance, however, it must be recalled that if someone does not want to put their own hands into the coals and examine such things according to experience, they should cease their untimely judging. But whoever knows and possesses much more than is reported here will not be against another learning something as well. If some wish to think that one would have preferred to keep much back rather than give it to public print, let them know that for the inept, even the most clear will remain unknown, and a godless miser, even if he worked through the processes of the whole world, will become more confused than learn anything profound.

One need not be concerned about words that are not very elegantly phrased, provided the matter itself has its correctness. If someone wanted to